Simone Bonannini has a master degree in telecommunication engineering from the University of Pisa.
He is in telecommunication for more than twenty-five years and covered both technical and commercial roles at C level as well as CEO roles.
He is now Senior Advisor of the most important infrastructure fund of the world.
In the years 2018-2022 he was EVP Marketing and Commercial Operation at Open Fiber.
Before in the years 2016-2018 he was Senior Vice President Southern Europe, CEE and MEA at Interoute.
From 2010 to 2018 he was CEO and Managing Director of Interoute S.p.A..
He is former Member of the Board of Directors of the Milan Internet Exchange (MIX).
Former Managing Director of the submarine cables consortium Janna S.C.A.R.L.
Former Member of the Board of Directors of the data center consortium Open Hub Med S.C.A.R.L.
The technical background, mainly in a technological start-up company, named Nodalis, where he was CTO, allowed him to better understand commercial and business development opportunities, as well as being able to take decisions in different roles.
He has a deep knowledge of the European and Mediterranean Telecommunication market, global industry trends and players for business planning, budgeting, forecasting, sales objectives definition and performance monitoring.